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Security Clearance Denial

In a rather interesting recent Defense Office of Hearing and Appeals case, a DoD contractor was denied security clearance eligibility due to personal conduct concerns revolving around how he neglected to get approval to work for additional companies and at one point, was employed by three different employers at the

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Background Investigations

There is an ongoing discussion thread on ClearanceJobsBlog.com where background investigators share insights on workflow status, process updates, timeline changes, and the broader challenges and benefits affecting the profession. Most participants are contractor investigators operating as independent 1099 employees for prime and subcontracting companies supporting the Defense Counterintelligence and Security

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Past Security Clearance Posts

Background Investigations

The Bloomington Police Department in Minnesota were conducting a prostitution sting operation that caught an unexpected client a few weeks ago. During the sting an…
Security Clearance Process

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) mandates that all federal agencies provide quarterly and annual reports regarding the number of new background…
Security Clearance Denial

Certain federal agencies, such as those that grant access to nuclear information, use an additional security and safety vetting measure known as the Human Reliability…